The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-11
NEWS AND OTHER NuTINGs.


/ ed by fail Oh ,iri ectige sidewalk.
A woman Iu Vol Pit township, y. c..
angry at her husband, threw the poker at
him a. he sat EolaIng ;heiE baby in Lis
arms, and it bit lue li,sle one on tue head
and Killed It.
AT the age Of 12O. there being Absolutely
no doubt about the figures. Obadiah Vincent
has beOn forced 20 enter the CumberlaHd,
IL, poOfbUHse. Lecaase Oilad and unab}o
to support ESiusslf any longer.
-JoIf: Do'an. general utility man at the
Stewars Iron Works. Sharoa, was pulled
through a train Uf rolls and Instantly killed
Saturday evening. He leaves gruwn-up
family iE m0derat= circumstances
At EBgging bee in a Cnnuecticus town,
in which tSe hugeer was Diudfo!ded and
paid 10 ceDIs for each hug all went wei
uutii one man found that he had been hug
glng his own vile, when he gos mad and
demanded the return of his 10 ceDs5.
Stephen Hutton, of the firm OS IL SO
Stueman * Co, Of Ligonier. was Oeat-n ...
almsst killed Un Tuesday night by a1rglar
whO-had broken into their furniture. 1uctsEy
for tools with which to burgarize tGss ass
houses.
At Adrian, Mich, a lady saw an sucins
house with ,teeple, and ipnocentIy x.Bed
a gentleman atle1dsaE: What chuz.h is.
that?" Fhe gentleman, after reading the
'Deluge No. B." replied Il guess it must
be the Third Babtist."
On Tuesday nigbt while fishing at lrck
Nc. ., Thomas Pearse Il and Frank Craw-
ford, of Brownsville. Pa, We're drowned
Tie men were in a smaH boat which csa.e
swamped by the back LASH of the Do57cs-
The bodies have not been recovered.
Mrs. James Greenland. of Warren, Pa.
covered her infant with quilt in its cradL.,-
on Saturday evening. After doing her nou-,
work she was Mortified to iud it had beel-,
almost smothered. Medical aid was at one
summoned, bat The little one died d .ey,.
hours later.
At Cynthiana, KY, Paul King. cashir;
of the Farmers National Bank, committr,:
suicide by shooting himself through the tenn.
pie with a revolver yesterday. he wa,
short in his accounts abouC $40. 600. lie
leaves wife and four children 10 eooC c.r-
cumstances.
Frank BarrelO. was struck by backing
freight car at New Castle Pa, Saturday, and
cut to pieces. Some of Barrello's country
men believed the fireman to be responsible
for the disaster, and would have killed him
but for the intervention of the police. De-
ceased leaves "A wife aud f. mily
At a prayer meeting held at New Hamv-
shire, Allen comfy. O.. Saturday night,
James Cooney slipped up quietly behind
John MeffeUt and Gred two shots at him with
revolver. both taking effect, one of them
iufiicting a fatal wound, in MsfTert's head
The quarrel was over young lady whom
they both wanted to take home.
The boiler in Thompson's tub factory
at Ithica, Mich, exploded on Tuesday afssr-
noon with terrific forces. Fireman HoHen
Morton was killed instantly, Orren Harvey
died shortly after the explosion and Charles
Wilson is so SadIy injured that he cannot
recover. a number are missing and it is
feared they are buried beneath the ruins.
Walton and Green, two convicts in
abe Lancaster county prison, on Tuesday
procured the keepers revolver and defied
the authorities, and held the fort all night,
but surrendered Wednesday morning. Dur
ing the night they attempted to break
through the wall but were unsuccessful
They have been placed in solitary cOnfire-
meBt.
Miss Sadie Gallaher, aged 8 years, en-
pIoyed as a domesticiu the family of MI
Moore, a Williamsburg grocer, was nearly
burned to DEATH Tuesday forenoon, by her
clothing taking fire from a stove IN the ,auu--
dry, where she was engaged in ironing some
clothes when the mishap occurred. As
ma, hf.n va MT f,f
her recovery.
An accident occurred to the train on the
P Pemberton & Higntstown Railroad at Snar-.
on \. j., on Monday night, in consequence
Of a broken rail. The mail car and passen-
ger car were thrown from the track and tie
former burned and all the mails destroyed
3 A. Perry, of Hightstown, was fatally
Injured, and Lew Wilson, of Camden, con-
ductor, seriously, if not fatally, hurt.
On Sunday night Mrs. Smith, a widow,
who lives south of indianapolis, Ind. Nth
her grandson, Cornelius Z. Sutton, a Young
boy, was awakened by some one demanding I
admittance. Sutton was also wakened aud /
warned the intruder away. Instead of leav- .
ing, however, the man attempted to gain
an entrance through window. SattOn
fired through the glass aud the fellow went /.
away. The next morning his dead body
was found near the gate with bullet thro' !
his heart. Els Identity is unknown.
AT CatsfOrd, Lawrence county, Pa, on |
Tuesday, Samuel Smith, aged 2, bad sOme /
difficulty with neigbbOT named Hammond, !
and armed himself with a revolver and went
to HammOnd's, Following him into the
house, Hammond reached for bis rifle, but
Smith fired and killed bin. Iammond's
wife and childrsn then attacked the mur-
derer, but he soon fatally wCanded Mrs
Hammond, and IS the children attempted ia
escape. be feIled them both with ball and
wounded them so badly that they may not
recover.
On Monday morning at an early hour
the town of Min Village, Erie county. was
shaken to its found alton by terrific deton- F.
alton. The people rushed cat in their night /
clothes under the impression that an earth /
quake was in progress. The cause was F,
explained by the wrecked. condition osJ, S. /
Ross store. Crseksmen had blown open
the safe, tearing it to places, wrecking the (
building and breaking the glass in a number 1
Of other buildings. The burglars got but $40 !
and did several thousands worth of damage.
The work is laid to local talent.
The steamship City of Chicago, of the /
Inman Line, ran ashore on the outer bar Op.
posIte WesthamptOn, L. l., at 2 O'Clock ON /